Sussex under-17s and under-13s boys have clinched places in the semi-finals of the National Inter-County Championship.

Their success makes up a superb quartet of appearances for the county teams at this stage of the competition.

Their efforts matched the achievements of the county's under-19s and under-15s.

The under-17s finished in top position in their group at Corals, Hove, beating both Cheshire and Essex 5-0 and Yorkshire 3-2. Sussex's No. 2 Brandon Hanley and Philip Taylor at four won their three matches while Tom Pashley and Chris Saville were unbeaton at fifth string.

First string Jordan Sopp and Alex Crouch at No. 3 were successful in two matches.

The under-13s were runners-up, beating Gloucestershire 5-0 and Dorset 3-2 before losing 4-1 to Devon at Weymouth.

Stephen Wykes and Alex Pett scored victories in the Gloucester match at first and second strings but it was the strong lower order of Bradley Knight, Mark Gifford, Aaron Lansberry and Hamish Forbes that won the decisive tie against Dorset to secure the second semi-final place.